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| [1]For the Leader, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. |
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| [2]I said: 'I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue; I will keep a curb upon my mouth, while the wicked is before me.' |
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| [3]I was dumb with silence; I held my peace, had no comfort; and my pain was held in check. |
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| [4]My heart waxed hot within me; while I was musing, the fire kindled; then spoke I with my tongue: |
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| [5]'𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; let me know how short-lived I am. |
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| [6]Behold, Thou hast made my days as hand-breadths; and mine age is as nothing before Thee; surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. Selah |
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| [7]Surely man walketh as a mere semblance; surely for vanity they are in turmoil; he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. |
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| [8]And now, Lord, what wait I for? My hope, it is in Thee. |
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| [9]Deliver me from all my transgressions; make me not the reproach of the base. |
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| [10]I am dumb, I open not my mouth; because Thou hast done it. |
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| [11]Remove Thy stroke from off me; I am consumed by the blow of Thy hand. |
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| [12]With rebukes dost Thou chasten man for iniquity, and like a moth Thou makest his beauty to consume away; surely every man is vanity. Selah |
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| [13]Hear my prayer, O 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, and give ear unto my cry; keep not silence at my tears; for I am a stranger with Thee, a sojourner, as all my fathers were. |
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| [14]Look away from me, that I may take comfort, before I go hence, and be no more.' |
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